ENGLAND vs. FRANCE
Six Nation Rugby 2008: England vs. France Spread Betting
England take on France in Paris on Saturday and the hosts will be looking for revenge following their 14-9 defeat in the Rugby World Cup semi-final back in October. Sellers of French supremacy at 5 will be hoping that England can record their second win on French turf since 2000. Loyal English backers will point to France's recent poor form at home. After they beat New Zealand in Cardiff, Les Bleus have lost two of their last three games in Paris and they were lucky to escape with a win against the Irish two weeks ago.
Sporting Index predict that France will win by between 5-8 points and this makes plenty of sense when you consider that three of the last four winning margins have been by between 5 and 8 points. However, it was only two years ago when the French demolished England by a record 25 points. Buyers of total points at 44 will take encouragement from the average points in England's opening two Six Nations games reaching 44. There were also 47 points in France's last game against Ireland, but contests between these two sides tend to be lower scoring, which will please sellers at 41. Five of the last six totals have been under this figure.
Many punters will be looking to trade the different halves, as the key facet of both sides' performances in this year's Six Nations has been their ability to break quickly out of the blocks. England scored 16 out of their 19 points in the opening period against Wales and again scored the vast majority of their points in the first half against Italy (20 out of 23). France have also scored many more points in the first half than the second in both their games, which underlines how quickly the supremacy markets for individual games can change in this year's competition.
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